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And to Destiny-Shadow-Walker san-it's not that i was trying to jump around, that's just my writing style. if it seems as though i am doing so then chances are i will fill in missing parts later as a flashback,(not the totally useless kind in the anime that is just for wasting time. you could say that the way i write my chapters is like a bunch of ones-hots strung together, and i tend to try to get the same thing seen from different POV's and add in background. Plus as much as she acts out around her friends, krana is usually a bit too laid back. it's a deep rooted issue having to do with childhood trauma... but thats for flashbacks... i also tend to rant whenever i think someone is listening so u can just ignore me... shutting up now...PS: thx for reviewing! i love other peoples opinions!


CH:5 R.E.S.P.E.C.T. ME.

She spent the next few months trying to learn how to see without her eyes. So far she wasn't doing so well. Sennin Sama had made it so that she would stick by a different student of his each week to see if they could come up with a way to help her get around. It had actually been going quite well so far. All of the students seemed to have adopted her as some sort of mascot, and treated her like a priceless gem. Of course the constant coddling, while nice, was not helping her develop a solution for her inability to see.

She had about seven students left until she restarted the cycle, when it happened.

...

I couldn't believe it. I mean it was bound to happen sooner or later, but I hadn't thought it would be this bad. I had finally found a student who did not like me. He had forgotten to pick me up from my rooms to bring me down to breakfast three days in a row! And he also took every opportunity he could to ditch me in the middle of his free time.

I wandered, unseeing, through the grounds looking for my wayward helper. Some of the other disciples were muttering about how it was just wrong for any man to leave a blind woman with no means of getting around. I could hear them.

"Excuse me ma'am? Would you like a hand?" this was Severent, whom had been my helper three weeks ago.

"No thank you Severent. I shall find my nuisance of a guardian even if it kills me."

"Of course Ma'am. I meant no offense."

"None taken," I replied softly, turning in his general direction. "I know that you are only worried for my safety. You should go back to your friends now. Ok?"

"Yes Ma'am, right away." And with that he shuffled off.

I tilted my head in several different directions, trying to catch wind of the missing student's voice. 'Aha,' I thought. 'There he is.'

I heard him speaking as I approached. "…Can't believe he plans on saddling every one of us with that b1tch he picked up."

The voice that answered him was not the one I was expecting. "I know," said Rikudō Sama's oldest son. "What need do we have for some blind, defenseless, weakling?"

I wasn't going to take this. I turned to go get Sennin Sama and stopped. Tattling on them would not stop them. They would still resent me, even more so if I got them in trouble. I turned around again, deciding to do the diplomatic thing and try to talk it over with them, when I caught another snippet of their conversation. "…And he's a weakling for keeping something as useless as her around."

That was it! I would let them badmouth me, but never a friend! I especially would not let a son speak of his father in such a way! I walked up to the eldest son, drew my hand back and slapped him as hard as I could across the face. "Just because I am blind does not mean I am deaf," I shouted, drawing the attention of some of the nearby students. "And neither does it mean I am stupid! If ever you dishonor Rikudō Sama in my presence again, I will rip your heart out through your mouth!"I fixed him with my most malicious glare, even though everything was black I somehow knew, just knew, exactly where he was. He smirked. He actually smirked, his eyes narrowing.

"Stupid b1tch. I'd like to see you try." He pulled back his hand, I don't know how but I could see it. I could sense every cell in his body, feel the energy he put out. I brought my hand up, using my wrist to block his swing. He looked at his hand, then at my wrist.

I heard an indignant huff behind me, and ducked, as my energy version of my student supervisor threw a punch at my head. I smirked slightly as his fist made a satisfying crunch against the other's nose. Then I decided to get serious. I wasn't sure how long this "vision" was going to last, but I was going to take full advantage of it. I stuck my foot out, twisting to the side while hooking the first one's legs. And yanked, sending him sprawling into a tangled mess with his friend at my feet.

"Now," I said, putting my hands on my hips, "who exactly is the weakling here?" Some among our audiance, which had grown considerably, whistled and cheered. While others laughed at the sight of two of their own down after only five seconds fighting a blind woman. They untangled themselves and stood.

"You are going to pay for that wench," shouted my watcher. He lunged at me, how could his form still be so sloppy after several months of training? I grabbed his outstretched arm and twisted to the side bearing down and forcing him to the ground again.

"Attacking a woman," I asked giving his arm a painful twist. "Now does that sound like something a real man would do? Or are you just an average criminal, no better than a wild animal?" I gave his arm a final twist, dislocating it from its socket, and drawing an anguished scream from his lips. I got up, and stepped away from the shivering mess of a boy curled up on the ground clutching his shoulder. And as I turned to look at the other one I walked straight into his fist, I staggered trying to catch my balance, and he took advantage of my opening to grab my shoulders. I could only "watch" helplessly as his knee came up to bury itself into my stomach, causing me to offload its contents on to his pants.

"Now look what you've done," he seethed looking down at his now ruined pants. I stood myself up and gritted my teeth.

I was done waiting for him to come and beat me up. I ran forward, and cloths lined him as I passed. While he was getting up I jumped into the air, and brought my foot down in an aerial axe kick, connecting squarely with his head, pounding it into the ground with enough force to create a small crater.

As I stepped back I noticed another person coming towards me, someone with immense amounts of energy. I put up a basic guard stance and turned in his direction. "Calm down Krana-chan," said a familiar voice. I immediately dropped my fists and bowed.

"Gomensai, Rikudō sama. I was not aware that it was you." I kept my head down.

He walked up to me, and placed his hand under my chin forcing me to face him. He appeared to be looking at me very closely, even as I noticed this I began to lose my temporary "Sight". "Interesting," he muttered, and let go of my face.

Walking past me he looked down at his son and pupil. "Well," he paused sighing. "I can't say I'm surprised that this happened. Really son," he asked. "Did you think I would have kept her if I thought she couldn't be helpful to our cause? It was obvious from the moment that she appeared that she knew how to fight. Were you not blinded by her gender, and disabilities, you would have noticed also. You would do well to remember this in the future."

I heard him walking away. "Wait," I said. "Aren't you going to ask why…," my voice trailed off.

"You have been put in many situations where I would have let you get away with fighting since you came here, and this is the first time you have actually done so. I trust your judgement." And again he was gone before she could say anything further.

...

Far from the training grounds an albino man watched as the woman was surrounded by students, congratulating her on her fight. 'So,' he thought. 'This is the woman who has piqued the kami's interest.' He then dropped out of the tree he was in, and back to the task he had been at when he had seen her.